Bolivian coriander
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Bolivian coriander or Peruvian coriander ( Porophyllum ruderale ) is a plant from the family of Compositae (Asteraceae).
use
Its leaves can be used to flavor dishes. This plant species is typically cultivated in Mexico and South America , where it is primarily used for salsa or llajhua . Their taste is described as a mixture between rocket , real coriander and rue .
Names
Because its leaves can be used for seasoning food, is also the name "coriander" in use, although this plant to a different plant family heard as the well-known in Europe herb coriander ( Coriandrum sativum ) from the family of Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) .
Common names in other languages are: Spanish : yerba porosa, in Mexico: papalo or papaloquelite, in Peru and Bolivia killi or quillquiña, quilquiña or quirquiña; port .: Couve Cravinho, Couvinha, Cravo De Urubu, Erva Couvinha.
description
The Bolivian coriander is an annual herbaceous plant that can reach a maximum height of about 1.50 meters and a diameter of about 1 meter. The leaves are bare and broadly oval to ovate. The leaf margin is smooth or coarse and slightly notched.
In total inflorescences there are many cup-shaped partial inflorescences. The flower heads have a long cylindrical envelope made up of a few green bracts . The flower heads only contain tubular flowers . The petals are inconspicuously greenish to whitish or slightly reddish. The petals are clearly dominated by the yellowish style.
Occurrence
Porophyllum ruderale occurs wildly in southern North America as well as in Central America and in large parts of South America .
The plant grows on dry slopes or roadsides. In Bolivia it thrives in the wild up to the cold highlands.
Systematics
Synonyms for Porophyllum ruderale ( Jacq. ) Cass. are: Cacalia porophyllum L., Cacalia ruderalis Sw., Kleinia porophyllum Willd., Kleinia ruderale Jacq., Porophyllum ellipticum Cass., Porophyllum genuinum Urb., Porophyllum porophyllum Kuntze.
There are two subspecies of Porophyllum ruderale (Jacq.) Cass .:
- Porophyllum ruderale subsp. macrocephalum (DC.) RRJohnson: It comes from the Mexican highlands.
- Porophyllum ruderale (Jacq.) Cass. subsp. rudderal
